Hello

I m using Visual Studio 2005 and on calling

configuration.Configure();

I get the following Exception

NHibernate.MappingException: Could not compile the mapping document: nhibernate_test.User.hbm.xml ---> NHibernate.HibernateException: Could not instantiate dialect class NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2005Dialect ---> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'NHibernate.NHibernateUtil' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'System.DateTimeOffset' from assembly 'mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089'.
at NHibernate.Type.DateTimeOffsetType.get_ReturnedClass()
at NHibernate.NHibernateUtil..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at NHibernate.Dialect.Dialect..ctor()
at NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2000Dialect..ctor()
at NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2005Dialect..ctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache)
at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache)
at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
at NHibernate.Bytecode.ActivatorObjectsFactory.CreateInstance(Type type)
at NHibernate.Dialect.Dialect.InstantiateDialect(String dialectName)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at NHibernate.Dialect.Dialect.InstantiateDialect(String dialectName)
at NHibernate.Dialect.Dialect.GetDialect(IDictionary`2 props)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.AddValidatedDocument(NamedXmlDocument doc)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.LogAndThrow(Exception exception)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.AddValidatedDocument(NamedXmlDocument doc)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.ProcessMappingsQueue()
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.AddInputStream(Stream xmlInputStream, String name)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.AddResource(String path, Assembly assembly)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.DoConfigure(IHibernateConfiguration hc)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.Configure(XmlReader textReader)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.Configure(String fileName, Boolean ignoreSessionFactoryConfig)
at NHibernate.Cfg.Configuration.Configure()
at nhibernate_test.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Documents and Settings\ed91246\Desktop\nhibernate_test\nhibernate_test\Program.cs:line 17

this is my hibernate.cfg.xml

<configuration>

<configSections>

<section name="hibernate-configuration"
type="NHibernate.Cfg.ConfigurationSectionHandler,NHibernate"/>
</configSections>

<hibernate-configuration xmlns="urn:nhibernate-configuration-2.2">

<session-factory>

<property name="connection.provider">NHibernate.Connection.DriverConnectionProvider</property>
<property name="dialect">NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2005Dialect</property>
<property name="connection.driver_class">NHibernate.Driver.SqlClientDriver</property>
<property name="connection.connection_string">Data Source=abcd,2431;initial catalog=cpm;User Id=abc;Password=abc2008</property>

<mapping resource="nhibernate_test.User.hbm.xml" assembly="nhibernate_test" />

</session-factory>

</hibernate-configuration>

Thanks in Advance
Regards

Dude, same problem here. I fixed it installing the last Service Pack of .NET Framework 2.0

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... e506da9d0f

Good luck.

OK
Thanks